Cotswold
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This Stalinist government in Britain now wants to nationalise the BBC.
There have been discussions over the years about a replacement to the licence fee, which is basically a tax, or fee to be paid if you want to watch terrestrial TV.
The proposal is that the licence fee will be abolished and it will become a part of income tax. So all of the spongers and illegals who will statistically not pay any tax will then not pay anything for TV. Their license Fee will be paid as an increased extra tax by everyone else. Not only that, all of the salaries and pension liabilities will be 'adopted' by the government. Further increasing public spending.
Not only that, whilst at present the government will certainly attempt to influence the BBC. If this is adopted it will then the BBC become under direct government control. The current fairy tale is that as it will be 'owned' by the tax payers, and the public will be able to have influence over the BBC. Yeah, of course we will. Like we have influence now over other the NHS and the many government quangos who simply stonewall as issues arise! We did see some of this when we were in the European Union with their grants to the BBC in order that the EU could demand specific programs and documentaries to be presented not as propaganda but as news. And it was many millions in grants.
Of course there is little doubt the main driver is that the government will have total control, possibly over all terrestrial TV but certainly the BBC. In much the same way that Russia, China and other communist and autocratic countries control their TV. So presumably the grooming gangs story and others would be supressed. Stories critical of the government would never appear. Maybe new news channels like GBNews will be shut down in the process?
Makes you wonder what is next. Probably the nationalisation of newspapers and shutting down of X and other unapproved media. Hardly surprising as there are serious attempts with the intention to have elections that are due to take place in May 2025, cancelled throughout the whole of Britain.
There have been discussions over the years about a replacement to the licence fee, which is basically a tax, or fee to be paid if you want to watch terrestrial TV.
The proposal is that the licence fee will be abolished and it will become a part of income tax. So all of the spongers and illegals who will statistically not pay any tax will then not pay anything for TV. Their license Fee will be paid as an increased extra tax by everyone else. Not only that, all of the salaries and pension liabilities will be 'adopted' by the government. Further increasing public spending.
Not only that, whilst at present the government will certainly attempt to influence the BBC. If this is adopted it will then the BBC become under direct government control. The current fairy tale is that as it will be 'owned' by the tax payers, and the public will be able to have influence over the BBC. Yeah, of course we will. Like we have influence now over other the NHS and the many government quangos who simply stonewall as issues arise! We did see some of this when we were in the European Union with their grants to the BBC in order that the EU could demand specific programs and documentaries to be presented not as propaganda but as news. And it was many millions in grants.
Of course there is little doubt the main driver is that the government will have total control, possibly over all terrestrial TV but certainly the BBC. In much the same way that Russia, China and other communist and autocratic countries control their TV. So presumably the grooming gangs story and others would be supressed. Stories critical of the government would never appear. Maybe new news channels like GBNews will be shut down in the process?
Makes you wonder what is next. Probably the nationalisation of newspapers and shutting down of X and other unapproved media. Hardly surprising as there are serious attempts with the intention to have elections that are due to take place in May 2025, cancelled throughout the whole of Britain.
